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BBVA Bancomer Stadium, the new home of LigaMX side Club Monterrey, opens Sunday with a friendly against Benfica of Portugal. The $200M stadium, designed by Populous, is the most expensive facility built in Mexico and its amenities are on par with NFL facilities, according to project officials. Priv...

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With Russia having completed its final planning for 2018 World Cup stadium build and construction underway, the current focus "is now switching towards budgets and planning for infrastructure around the championships."
The latest to announce its hosting plans is Yekaterinburg, which "has increased t ...

The future of National Rugby League side Wests Tigers at Leichhardt Oval beyond this season is "again uncertain after Balmain forfeited their lease at the ground," according to Michael Carayannis of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Leichhardt Council will "take over the lease from April 1," with Balmain u ...

Brasileiro side Botafogo was "recently caught in a fight" with Rio de Janeiro's city hall to change the name of its stadium, now called the Olympic Nilton Santos stadium, according to Gentile & Konchinski of UOL. But that "could not last for long." With the Olympics in 2016, Botafogo "expects th ...

Etihad Stadium has "responded to the footy price war instigated by the MCG with its own cheaper food," including A$3 ($2.34) pies on Sundays, according to Tom Cowie of THE AGE. The pie will be the cheapest at any Australian Football League venue and "forms a key plank of the ground's bid to att ...

The company appointed to run the Olympic Stadium "is facing a legal claim alleging it allows 'forced labour' on construction projects designed to prepare Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup," according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH.
French firm Vinci, which was last month awarded the contract t ...

The National Rugby League has issued Manly with a "please explain" over the state of Brookvale Oval and warned the club that it expects "any problems with the surface to be rectified before the Sea Eagles' next home game in May," according to Honeysett & Read of THE AUSTRALIAN. NRL Head of Footb ...

National Rugby League side St. George Illawarra's "iconic Kogarah home ground could be on the verge of being transformed into a Football Federation Australia base," according to Michael Chammas of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD.
FFA CEO David Gallop "has held preliminary discussions with Kogarah Council ...

The Pernambuco state government will pay Brazilian construction company Odebrecht an additional R$1.76B ($545M) for the construction and operation of the Arena Pernambuco for a 30-year period, according to Vinícius Segalla of UOL. The figure reflects the Arena Pernambuco's poor fiscal perform ...

Brazilian Sports Minister George Hilton gave a firm push to continue renovations of Minas Gerais state sports complexes, according to GAZETA ESPORTIVA. After "announcing an investment" of R$10M ($3.1M) toward renovating the Mineirinho Arena, Hilton "promised to take over and finalize construction," ...

National Rugby League side Manly Chair Scott Penn is confident the club will not be forced to move games from Brookvale Oval but believes the "catastrophic state of the playing surface shows why the Sea Eagles need financial support to complete an urgent overhaul of their 'antiquated' home venue," a ...